The way you see patients has been turned upside down as a result of COVID-19, and we’re all living in a ‘new normal’. Teledentistry may not have previously been part of your patient care, but it is now an important part of offering diagnostic and follow-up care to your patients. This post provides resources and the setup steps needed in Open Dental to accommodate teledentistry.
The ADA has released interim guidance for coding and billing to help you manage virtual visits as you continue to care for your patients during COVID-19 and beyond.
First, do a bit of setup in Open Dental
- Go to Setup > Advanced Setup > Show Features
- Check the box to enable Public Health
Next, chart your procedures
As you work remotely with patients to evaluate possible emergency care, chart the usual procedure code. Then, you will also need to chart a teledentistry code (D9995 or D9996). See more in the Updated ADA Guidelines.
For each procedure performed remotely, you’ll need to change the ‘Place of Service’ to ‘Telehealth’.
In the Procedure Info window, click on the Misc Tab (which will only display if you’ve turned on Public Health).
Use the dropdown and select Telehealth.
Set the procedures complete.
Finally, create and send the claim
Create and send your claims as normal.
Need help with setup or troubleshooting? Please reach out – our support team may be working remotely, but they are ready to help!
Categories: Tips & Tricks, Your Software
It is very useful blog to knowing about the teledentistry and how useful it is to handle the dental patients in this covid pandemic time. It is really very useful blog for us, Thanks for sharing it with us.
Gland you’re enjoying the content. Here’s to brighter days ahead!
Nice blog! Teledentistry refers to variety of technologies.Perfect blog for them Who are facing dental problem in this time.
Thanks, Jason. It’s times like these that help us maximize the use of technology so we can continue to serve our customers 🙂
Nice blog about teledentistry that is helpful in this pandemic time. And is perfect for those people who have the dental problems and cant go outside.
Thank you – our hope is that the tools in Open Dental will help practices continue to care for their patients in the best way possible, during this time and beyond.